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Luanda Reggae Defenders - what is your long term agenda?

Luanda Reggae Defenders is a now a popular movement with roots in Vihiga and border Siaya and Kakamega counties Attention is brought to the manner and conduct the movement has gained fame and followers, mainly the Youths. The movement capitalizes on funerals. With a poor culture of putting the dead to rest, the Reggae Defenders have taken it by storm and rebranded the infamous ‘Disco Matanga’ – disco at funeral. Reggae Defenders on move. Pic: Charles Rankings: Facebook They mobilize quickly on the day the dead will be discharged from the mortuary. They have this huge old school sound system that is over buzzing to no clear reggae song - that they hire a pickup to carry - and it has a young DJ mainly standing there than mixing anything. Often, against the rules, the casket is grabbed from a hearse vehicle and tied to a motorbike. There it will be swayed and jerk breaked between other motorbikes on the narrow roads. That, is, how a fellow soldier, often a young dead, is mourned. ...

Just before we started thumping our chests

Dr Sidika: There are things that I do i.e raising awareness on health and getting involved in community activities. I hardly know my house. My expertise is contributed in these community forums because I have an idea on how to eliminate some of the problems faced in our communities. The establishment of libraries is an example that will develop a reading culture and hence improvements in the learning/ education process. Members of this forum should strive to do the same in their localities. We need to identify premises and renovate them for Library units. I was happy to see/listen to the conversation of the tiny people at the Wangulu SCBO Library. Now I am to climb Mt. Kenya to raise funds for a professional center. Sidika

Erick Author: Totally with you hapo kwa libraries and a reading culture. 🤝🏾

Lung'afa: Books. Boooks. We have not set up any library yet. We have no books tafadhalini. S-CBO is not yet a library. It has empty shelves. Could we please  stock it then we get the credit? 

Thanks

Pat Ngoda: Tutaongea soon bro

Baba Ndanyi: @⁨Dr Sidika⁩ 
@⁨Lung'afa⁩ 
I want to pledge 2k for the Mt. Kenya climb, I have books to give to the library and a printer but they are in Nairobi, I will inform Patrick when I have them here

Dr Sidika: Thank you Mr. Ndanyi. Please text me the Mpesa code for accounting purposes when you do send. Yes we need books. I am trying to organize for that too. Sidika

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